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Breaking ice jams, rapid snowmelt flood homes, businesses and roads across Alaska 05/17/2023 08:08pm • Flooding across Alaska has inundated scores of homes, with several of them knocked from their foundations by large ice chunks, and shut one of the state's few east-west highways down to one lane. Ice jams on the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers caused most of the damage through a large swath of Alaska, wh Fast Fashion: A Trend That May Cost More Than You Think 05/17/2023 08:00pm • Heels in the hottest colors for $11 and dresses remarkably similar to designer items for $5: How can you not be tempted by apparel and accessories that will make you look like a fashionista with almost no financial commitment? Many are taking advantage of these extraordinary deals. According to the How Retirees Can Cope with Inflation 05/17/2023 08:00pm • A painful stretch of inflation, including 40-year record high rates, marked 2022 and impacted Americans accordingly. Some found it difficult to maintain the amount they saved every month. Among employed adults, 25% decreased their retirement savings during the year, according to the 2023 TIAA Instit No-Credit-Check Loan Options 05/17/2023 08:00pm • When you're strapped for cash and short on time, it can be tempting to seek out the quickest and easiest route to funding. No-credit-check loans fit this requirement as they provide a lump sum with no need to pull your credit report. But these loans are also costly, with interest rates up to 400%, m Biden declares 'America will not default,' says he's confident of budget deal with GOP lawmakers 05/17/2023 07:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — An optimistic President Joe Biden declared Wednesday he is confident the U.S. will avoid an unprecedented and potentially catastrophic debt default, saying talks with congressional Republicans have been productive. He left for a G-7 summit in Japan but planned to return by the we Ecuador's president dismisses legislature as it tries to oust him, in a move that promises turmoil 05/17/2023 07:23pm • QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The president of Ecuador dismissed the legislature Wednesday in a move that promised more turmoil around a conservative leader who has been unable to enact a business-friendly agenda as the South American country experiences an alarming rise in crime. In disbanding the Nation Illinois Democrats say abortion-access protections are a promise: 'You're safe here' 05/17/2023 06:56pm • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Access to abortion is essentially locked down in Illinois. But Democrats are looking for ways to further protect the practice and its availability, including to outsiders who potentially face home-state penalties for seeking treatment here. Legislation approved by both ho Md. man leads Virginia State police on chase in stolen SUV, rams into trooper car 05/17/2023 06:51pm • The disabled Virginia State Police SUV that was rammed multiple times during a stolen car pursuit on May 17, 2023. (Courtesy Virginia State Police) Police say a man from Brooklyn, Maryland, stole an SUV from a dealership in Prince William County, Virginia, on Wednesday morning, ramming into a Vi Autoridades alojan a inmigrantes en escuelas, hoteles o comisarías de policía de varios estados, y algunos residentes están furiosos 05/17/2023 06:32pm • (CNN) -- En la ciudad de Nueva York, cientos de inmigrantes se alojan en gimnasios de escuelas actuales o antiguas.En Chicago, decenas de inmigrantes han estado durmiendo en una comisaría.Y en Florida, donde el gobernador republicano ha enviado inmigrantes a ciudades del país gobernadas por demóc A health care gap is finally filled in Prince George's Co. 05/17/2023 05:55pm • It's been a long time coming, but on Wednesday the ribbon was cut on one of the region's newest healthcare facilities — the University of Maryland Laurel Medical Center. The two-story facility of 83,742 square feet includes 20 emergency medical bays and two operating rooms, and it replaces what 4th XXXTentacion killer gets reduced sentence after taking plea deal 05/17/2023 05:26pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man who testified against three former friends who murdered rising rap star XXXTentacion during a robbery five years ago will spend the next two years in prison, a judge ruled Wednesday. Circuit Judge Michael Usan sentenced Robert Allen to seven years in pri ACC leadership touts progress in trying to address financial gap with the Big Ten and the SEC 05/17/2023 05:04pm • AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — The Atlantic Coast Conference emerged from three days of spring meetings at a posh, oceanside resort with one resolution: the formalization of tiebreaker rules for the league’s new, no-division format. Most everything else discussed behind closed doors remained secreti New work requirements for federal aid? GOP pushes proposals in debt talks 05/17/2023 04:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Work requirements for federal aid programs have emerged as a sticking point in ongoing negotiations over raising the nation’s debt ceiling, and President Joe Biden has signaled openness to a possible compromise even as many in his party have balked. Legislation passed by the Ho Philadelphia mayoral primary returned Democrats to familiar themes of crime, inequality 05/17/2023 03:06pm • Democrat Cherelle Parker turned back challenges from the left Tuesday to win Philadelphia’s mayoral primary, a contest that serves as the nation’s latest barometer of the mood of big cities in dealing with issues such as crime, poverty and inequality. Her primary win in the heavily Democratic ci Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 05/17/2023 01:24pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. 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